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    Tracy Vanhee (right), Portland District materials handler for the Rogue River Project:

    Portland District supports disaster relief efforts

    About 125 Portland District team members have volunteered to deploy in support of disaster relief efforts since August 2017. Most have gone to Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands to assist their fellow citizens in the aftermath of hurricanes Maria and Irma. And some of them have deployed twice or extended their deployments because of their dedication to the mission.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts a deep drawdown of Fall Creek Reservoir, southeast of Eugene Ore. to enable juvenile Chinook salmon passage, Nov. 26, 2011. Deep drawdowns at Fall Creek have been highly successful in passing these fish. Studies indicate a 98-99% survival rate for these out-migrating juveniles and is an important step in meeting the 2008 Biological Opinions for the Willamette Valley.

    Corps juggles dam operations, fish survival in the Willamette Valley

    An upcoming Corps construction project at Detroit Lake, Oregon has been generating buzz around the region because of its potential impacts on thousands of Willamette Valley residents. This project, like many U.S. Army Corps of Engineers fish-related projects in the valley, is part of a broader effort to reduce the effects of Corps-operated dams on winter steelhead and spring Chinook salmon. Both species are listed under the Endangered Species Act.
  • A juvenile bald eagle soars over the Columbia River in search of food.

    Eagle fans flock to The Dalles Lock & Dam

    Eagles soared to new heights this year! As the Philadelphia Eagles preyed upon the New England Patriots in their first-ever Super Bowl win, bird watchers tailgated at Seufert Park and The Dalles Dam Visitor Center to witness a winter gathering of bald eagles.
  • Timber donated from Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, property used for South Santiam Watershed Council's Scott Creek restoration project.

    Corps helps protect steelhead

    The Corps partners with the South Santiam Watershed Council to donate timber for a steelhead restoration project on Scott Creek.